{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any person may apply to the Secretary of State for the issue of a certificate in respect of him.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate on any such application unless he is satisfied that the applicant—\n(a) is a fit and proper person to perform the relevant functions; and\n(b) has received training to such standard as he may consider appropriate for the performance of those functions.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State issues a certificate, then, subject to any suspension under paragraph 3 or revocation under paragraph 4 below, it shall continue in force until such date or the occurrence of such event as may be specified in the certificate.\n(4) A certificate authorising the performance of both escort functions and custodial duties may specify different dates or events as respects those functions and duties respectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2: Transfer of functions (20.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/1160, art. 4(1)(2)(k)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}